53rd & 3rd
1976 · Sire SASD-7520 · Queens, New York
- Artist
- The Ramones
- Title
- 53rd & 3rd
- Release
- Ramones
- Year
- 1976
- Label
- Sire # SASD-7520
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Queens, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Ramones
- Genre
- Punk · Punk Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Ramones - one of the most influential American punk rock bands, formed on 27 January 1974, in Queens, New York, USA. They released their first album in 1976, which included the Vietnam War-related song "53rd and 3rd" (Sire Records # SASD-7520). The members of the band on this album were Joey Ramone (vocals), Johnny Ramone (guitar), Dee Dee Ramone (bass, vocals), and Tommy Ramone (drums). The song told the story of a Vietnam War veteran, a former Green Beret, hanging out at a well-known spot for male prostitution in New York, called the Loop.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Punk Songs
Ramones - one of the most influential American Punk Rock bands, formed on 27 January 1974, in Queens, New York, USA. They released their first album in 1976, which included the Vietnam War-related song "53rd and 3rd" (Sire Records # SASD-7520). The members of the band on this album were Joey Ramone (vocals), Johnny Ramone (guitar), Dee Dee Ramone (bass, vocals), and Tommy Ramone (drums). The song told the story of a Vietnam War veteran, a former Green Beret, hanging out at a well-known spot for male prostitution in New York, called the Loop: "I was a Green Beret in Vietnam... I'm tryin' to turn a trick... Fifty-third and third".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: If you think you can, well come on man / I was a Green Beret in Vietnam / No more of your fairy stories / 'Cause I got my other worries / Fifty-third and third / Standing on the street / Fifty-third and Third / I'm tryin' to turn a trick / Fifty-third and third / You're the one they never pick / Fifty-third and third / Don't it make you feel sick?
About the artist
American punk rock band formed 1974 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York; disbanded 1996. [Source: Wikipedia]